Gamers can expect the first official bit of downloadable content for Bethesda's RPG epic The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to become available sometime this summer, according to the company's blog.

The DLC is called Dawnguard. Bethesda trademarked the term earlier this year.

It has been hinted at from numerous sources that Dawnguard will be a "times exclusive" for Xbox 360 Skyrim players, meaning that it's expected for release onto that console first, then becoming available on PlayStation 3 and PC at a later date.

More details have been promised to be revealed during the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo in early June.